'Green Book' wins Oscar award for Best Picture

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BEST PICTURE

"Green Book" is the winner of the Academy Award for best picture.

The film from Universal Pictures stars Mahershala Ali as an African-American concert pianist in the 1960s and Viggo Mortensen as his driver. It won three Oscars on Sunday, including best supporting actor for Ali and best original screenplay.

The nominees are:

• "Black Panther"
• "BlacKkKlansman"
• "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "The Favourite"
• Winner: "Green Book"
• "Roma"
• "A Star Is Born"
• "Vice"

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Rami Malek is the winner of the Academy Award for best actor for his performance in "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Malek wins his first Oscar in his role as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." He was the only first-time nominee in the category.

The actor thanked his mother, who was in the audience Sunday, and also paid tribute to his later father, who he said didn't get to see him become a film star.

The nominees were:

• Christian Bale, "Vice"
• Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
• Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate"
• Winner: Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Olivia Colman is the winner of the best actress Academy Award for "The Favourite."

It's the first Oscar in her first nomination for Colman, who plays Queen Anne. She has won four British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards and two Golden Globes throughout her career.

She beat out Glenn Close, who was considered the front-runner going into Sunday's Oscars. Colman gave a special shout-out to Close, who she said she has admired all her life.

She thanked "The Favourite" director Yorgos Lanthimos, as well as her co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Colman also thanked her children, who she said she hoped were watching at home. She says, "This is not going to happen again."

The nominees were:

• Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
• Glenn Close, "The Wife"
• Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
• Winner: Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
• Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuaron is the winner of the Academy Award for best director.

It's the second time Cuaron has won an Oscar as best director. He previously won in 2014 for "Gravity." His film "Roma" is based on his childhood in Mexico and the woman who raised him.

Cuaron has also won two Oscars Sunday night, as well as the best foreign language film for Mexico, its first.

The writer-director dedicated his speech to domestic workers, noting that tens of millions of them work around the world with any rights.

The nominees are:

• Winner: Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
• Pawel Pawlikowski, "Cold War"
• Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favourite"
• Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, "Roma"
• Adam McKay, "Vice"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Regina King won the award for supporting actress for her role in "If Beale Street Could Talk."

"To be standing here representing one of the greatest artists of our time, James Baldwin, is a little surreal," she said in her acceptance speech.

She also thanked her mother, who was in the audience.

"Thank you for teaching me that God has always been leaning in my direction."

The nominees were:

• Amy Adams, "Vice"
  
• Marina de Tavira, "Roma"
• Winner: Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• Emma Stone, "The Favourite"
• Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Mahershala Ali is the winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actor. The win comes for his performance in "Green Book."

It's the second Oscar for Ali, who won in the same category in 2017 for "Moonlight." In "Green Book" he plays Don Shirley, an African-American classical pianist, who tours the Deep South.

He thanked Shirley at the outset of his acceptance speech, saying telling Shirley's story pushed him as an actor.

Ali dedicated his win to his grandmother, who he said is always pushing him to remain positive.

The nominees were:

• Winner: Mahershala Ali, "Green Book"
• Adam Driver, "BlackKkKlansman"
• Sam Elliott, "A Star Is Born"
• Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
• Sam Rockwell, "Vice"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Mexico's "Roma" is the winner of the best foreign language film at the Oscars.

Other films of director Alfonso Cuaron have won Academy Awards, but "Roma" now becomes the first film from Mexico to win the Oscar for best foreign language film. The movie's dialogue is in Spanish and Mixtec.

It is Cuaron's second win of the night. Earlier in the ceremony, he won the best cinematography award.

The nominees were:

• "Capernaum"
• "Cold War"
• "Never Look Away"
• Winner: "Roma"
• "Shoplifters"

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

The nominees were:

• "Black Sheep"
• "End Game"
• "Lifeboat"
• "A Night at the Garden"
• Winner: "Period. End of Sentence."

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Free Solo" has won the best documentary feature Academy Award.

The film follows elite rock-climber Alex Honnold's attempt to ascend the famed El Capitan rock formation at Yosemite National Park without ropes.

The film was directed and co-produced by the husband-and-wife team of Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Vasarhelyi thanked National Geographic, and specifically called them out for hiring female directors. She ended her speech by saying the film is "for everyone who believes in the impossible."

The nominees were:

• Winner: "Free Solo"
• "Hale County This Morning, This Evening"
• "Minding the Gap"
• "Of Fathers and Sons"
• "RBG"

ORIGINAL SONG

"Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" has won the Academy Award for best original song.

"It's not about winning," Lady Gaga said in an emotional acceptance speech. "What it's about is not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it."

"Shallow" was written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform it in the film. The song won two Grammy Awards earlier this month.

Gaga effusively thanked the academy and her co-winners, as well her sister and Cooper.

The best original score winner was "Black Panther" composer Ludwig Goransson.

The nominees were:

• "All The Stars" — "Black Panther"
• "I'll Fight" — "RBG"
• Winner: "Shallow" — "A Star Is Born"
• "The Place Where Lost Things Go" — "Mary Poppins Returns"
• "When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" — "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Everyone's favorite neighborhood webslinger is now an Oscar winner — "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" has won the best animated feature Academy Award. It is the first Marvel superhero film to win an Oscar.

The ground-breaking and mind-bending film about multiple spider-heroes from multiple universes gives Sony Pictures its first Oscar for animated feature, a category that has been dominated by Disney for its 18-year existence.

The nominees were:

• "Incredibles 2"
• "Isle of Dogs"
• "Mirai"
• "Ralph Breaks the Internet"
• Winner: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"BlacKkKlansman" is the winner of the best adapted screenplay Academy Award, delivering Spike Lee his first competitive Academy Award.

Lee started out his acceptance speech with some profanity, telling producers not to start the clock on his speech. Winners have been allotted 90 seconds for their speech from the time their names are called.

Lee ready from a two-page letter that tied together history and the years 1619 and 2019, along with his own story.

The writer-director shares the award with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott.

Lee received the award from Samuel L. Jackson, who has appeared in Lee's film. Jackson ribbed Lee at the outset of his presentation along with actress Brie Larson, reciting the score of the Knicks game, who notched a rare win.

The nominees were:

• "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
• Winner: "BlacKkKlansman"
• "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "A Star Is Born"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"Green Book" has won the Oscar for original screenplay.

The winners are Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly.

"Green Book" is based on the real-life story of Vallelonga's father, who drove African-American pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the 1960s and is played by Viggo Mortensen in the film.

"Green Book" is also nominated for best picture, and has already won the best supporting actor Oscar for Mahershala Ali, who played Shirley in the film.

The nominees were:

• "First Reformed"
• Winner: "Green Book"
• "Roma"
• "The Favourite"
• "Vice"

PRODUCTION DESIGN

"Black Panther" has won the Academy Award for production design and made Oscar history for the second time Sunday evening.

Production designer Hannah Beachler is the first African-American winner in the category. Her win came moments after "Black Panther" costume designer Ruth E. Carter became the first black winner in that category.

Beachler wins the Oscar along with set designer Jay R. Hart.

Beachler broke down in tears during her acceptance speech, which started out with her thanking "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler.

The nominees were:

• Winner: "Black Panther"
• "The Favourite"
• "First Man"
• "Mary Poppins Returns"
• "Roma"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The nominees were:

• "Cold War"
• "The Favourite"
• "Never Look Away"
• Winner: "Roma"
• "A Star Is Born"

COSTUME DESIGN

Ruth E. Carter has won the Academy Award for costume design and made Oscar history.

Carter is the first African-American costume designer to win the category. Carter has previously been nominated for her work on "Amistad" and "Malcolm X."

She took the stage saying "Wow, wow, I got it." She said the award has been a long time coming.

Carter thanked Spike Lee, who provided her career start with his 1988 film "School Daze."

The nominees were:

• "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
• Winer: "Black Panther"
• "The Favourite"
• "Mary Poppins Returns"
• "Mary Queen of Scots"

SOUND EDITING

The nominees were:

• "A Quiet Place"
• "Black Panther"
• Winner: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "First Man"
• "Roma"

SOUND MIXING

The nominees were:

• "Black Panther"
• Winner: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "First Man"
• "Roma"
• "A Star Is Born"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

The nominees were:

• "Animal Behaviour"
• Winner: "Bao"
• "Late Afternoon"
• "One Small Step"
• "Weekends"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

The nominees were:

• "Detainment"
• "Fauve"
• "Marguerite"
• "Mother"
• Winner: "Skin"

ORIGINAL SCORE

The nominees were:

• Winner: "Black Panther"
• "BlacKkKlansman"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Isle of Dogs"
• "Mary Poppins Returns"

VISUAL EFFECTS

The nominees were:

• "Avengers: Infinity War"
• "Christopher Robin"
• Winner: "First Man"
• "Ready Player One"
• "Solo: A Star Wars Story"

FILM EDITING

The nominees were:

• "BlacKkKlansman"
• Winner: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "Green Book"
• "The Favourite"
• "Vice"

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

The nominees were:

• "Border"
• "Mary Queen of Scots"
• Winner: "Vice"